I like being in the bubble. HCR has 500k followers on Facebook (Chavez has under 80k). Chavez has 3 million followers on Twitter, to HCR’s 1 million, but if you look at Twitter Audit most of Chavez’ are fake / non-participants. Then you look at Twitter trends and HCR has about 5x the traffic (if you add up all the trending hash tags) than Chavez. I don’t think that it’s a bubble any more than the enthusiasm for Obama was a bubble. I think it’s real.

Hello again Lina! I TOTALLY agree. The first time Ella gave me a big fat “NO!”, I immediately responded with “No, THANK YOU!”. And, I have to say that both her and Max use the “No, thank you” now (Ella is 4, Max is 2) and it is SO much more pleasant. :) And especially cute to hear a tantrum with “NO, THANK YOU!!!”I tell the kids too (and I think this is true, and honest) that grownups are going to be much happier and more likely to be nice to them, if they use their manners…